Mikhail Kuznetsov

Mikhail Varfolomeyevich Kuznetsov (; born 22 August 1968), is a Russian politician who had served as the 4th Governor of Pskov Oblast from 2004 to 2009. Biography Mikhail Kuznetsov was born on 22 August 1968 in Tyumen. From 1984 to 1985, he studied in Moscow at the Physics and Mathematics Boarding School No. 18 (now the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center - Boarding School named after A. N. Kolmogorov) at Moscow State University (one-year stream). He graduated from the Physics Department of Moscow State University. He served in the 242nd Training Centre for training junior airborne specialists in the area of the village of Gayzhunay, then in the Tula Airborne Division. He worked in a number of commercial banks, including the Premier Bank. In 1993, he acted as one of the founders of MDM Bank, and a year and a half after its creation, the bank became one of the thirty largest banks in Russia. He worked as Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Board of MDM Bank.